Been there, done that! After all that years I still feel the cut when the weather is bad. And the weird feeling of no sense of touch on the skin around the area of the cut.
No bueno!
I have heard a lot of people say that they the scar tissue feels weird. I am now at the 1 week point, and although it does feel much better, I had hoped to be a lot more functional then I am. The transitions from position to position still hurt a lot. Seeing Dr. tomorrow, lets see what he says. I'm probably a bit late now, but maybe useful for the others: A tip we often give out is to hold a rolled up towel against the wound when you need to stand up, cough, etc. Gives it a bit of support and some people find it helps with the pain.
Hope you are well on the mend!
Been doing that, it's fine when you know you are going to be moving. It's the sudden cough, sneeze, that get me. Didn't know you were in the medical profession. (assuming you just don't go out and give random medical advice) -Dave |
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Finally the "crypto is used only for fraud" narrative will now fall once for all. Most of the people I argue with about the usefulness of cryptocurrencies are playing the "fraud" card, because that's what the normal people here on the news about crypto the last 10 years. It's the "hackers money".
And the most pity part is that the bitcoin is easier to trace then some fiat.
Hope this will end soon.
Please, I had surgery last week, don't make me laugh, it hurts a lot. Although this is great news, and something to throw in the faces of people who keep saying it, people will believe what they want to believe. And since so many people don't understand BTC / crypto, and for the most part don't want to, they will continue to keep believing that it's only bad people using it. Wish is was not true, but we all know it is.... -Dave |
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Yes, it matters. So much.
First, the English language is understood only by a minority in the world. The largest portion of the world's population does not understand English. So there is a need to translate Bitcoin's whitepaper to as many languages as possible.
Second, the document brings so much to the world, why would others be deprived of it? Although it doesn't really matter to a lot of people who are still living in ways far from the reach of technologies, still it preaches a lot of what the financial system should be like. And time will come technology will reach them. It is better to have already formed a rough idea of how a monetary system should be.
At least as of a few years ago English was the most known language in the world. Chineese was a distant 2nd and Hindi 3rd. I don't know if it's changed in the last few years but I can't see it loosing it's spot that quickly. It might not be the most known NATIVELY but it's known. The catch is that it's a very popular 2nd language. BUT, no matter what the more languages the white paper is in the better it is. More eyes on it the better it is. As for @pooya87 and why so many "third world under developed countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, etc. are always against bitcoin" I can ask " why only third world under developed countries like El Salvador are the ones fully Bitcoin" Yes, they tend to be against it more then for it, but they are still there. -Dave |
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I don't think you are going to find one anymore.
Between merchants taking BTC in general and the ability to get gift cards using BTC to just about any known place out there having an online place that only takes BTC, that while good for talking about, will probably not last that long due to lack of use.
You used Rolex as an example. Why would I open a store that sells Rolex that only takes BTC when you already have many online shops that sell them that take BTC and credit cards and other payment methods (PayPal / Amazon pay) etc.
-Dave
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The issue is that you would have to:
1) Design and build a fake hardware wallet
2) Make software that will work with it
3) Sell it / give it away to have people use it
4) Have the source complex enough to get away with people not noticing what you are doing.
It's much quicker and easier to setup a scam coin or fake electrum site and drive people to it or a bad link to metamask or something else.
Could it be done? Yes.
Would it be worth it? Probably not.
If money was no object and you have a specific person / target in mind could you do do it? Yes
-Dave
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And, while it might be an unpopular opinion, I personally hope they do rein in the stablecoins. Defuse those ticking time-bombs.
Getting rid of unaudited / fake audit stablecoins would be good. USDT is a joke and although the world loves it, it's a joke in terms of audit. USDC although pushed / promoted through places like Coinbase that are not liked in the crypto world, are at least able to account it a public way of what they have. Regulation cuts both ways. On one side, it hurts quick and easy widespread adoption and makes it another tool of the government. On the other side, there are people with lots of money and power who only invest / deal with regulated things because they want that safety. I look at it like this, here in the US you have the FDIC. It's just insurance for people who have money in banks. Bank becomes insolvent, what you have in it is covered up to $250000. On the other side, the banks have to have certain things in place and undergo regular audits so the FDIC knows what they are covering. BUT there are many small banks that are not FDIC insured. They offer higher risk loans at higher rates and pay their clients with money in the bank higher interest. However, it can, and frequently does, implode. Just a bit of a rambling post, but it's stuff to think about. -Dave |
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On the other hand, I reported a similar topic which was marked as good but strangely it wasn't closed.
Was it moved? I feel like I have seen that more and more. Where I think a topic should be removed but it just gets put into another section. Usually Off-Topic. So long as it's not sitting in some highly trafficked / highly visible section I guess it kind of takes care of the issue. -Dave |
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Thank you for your answers  My main interest is to accept donation for a goal on my website and I would like to be transparent to the public. With the main chain anyone can easily check how much was received / sent and know if we reached the goal. Adding support for lightning would help a lot since it would enable people to send micro transaction however there would be as I understand no ways to know exactly how much was received and they would have to trust that I publish the correct numbers. For years people have been able to donations on websites and people have had to take it on trust. If you had a PayPal email address or a way to process credit cards or the ability to take mail in donations as someone coming to your site I have no way of being sure the numbers / amounts you have up are accurate or if you are posting all of them or some of them or making up higher numbers. Yes, I could probably go get a lawyer to come up with some reason to take you to court to get you to disclose the information but that is expensive and can take years. Lightning is supposed to be private. Trying to force it not to be is going to take more time / effort and still not be perfect. You can either post a BTC address that everyone can see and it's all out there. And if you want to take smaller amounts, post a DOGE or LTC address. It's all public and easy to track. OR you take lightning and it's private. OR you can do all of the above. But making lighting information public is trying to put a round peg in a square hole. -Dave |
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With thinks like the goldback: https://goldback.com/And community currencies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_community_currencies_in_the_United_Statesalready around, if these people were serious then there could probably be a push for BTC acceptance. But, IMO, they are not serious. They just want the press for being "innovative" or "fighting big government" or whatever. Not to mention, and I have said this before. Businesses are in the business of doing business. Not dealing with different forms of payment. Until the ability to convert BTC to just about everything a business needs to run is everywhere then most places are going to want to convert to fiat to buy stuff. It does not matter if AZ says you it's legal tender. Until your supplier takes it, it does not matter. And it has been taken to court many times, suppliers can specify whet forms of payment they are willing to take. So if they don't want BTC they don't have to take it regardless of what the government says. *This is the same way more and more places get away with not taking cash for stuff and demand bank transfers only. -Dave |
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I look at it the same way as I look at oxygen tanks. They will help me breath and survive under water for a specific amount of time. After that, I will drown if I don't get to the surface in time. As soon as you notice that your hardware wallet is missing, take your recovery seed out from its hiding and transfer your coins somewhere else as soon as you get the opportunity to do it.
I love that line. Going to be using it a lot. It's also the reason why if you have a lot of BTC / crypto. You really should be using more then 1 wallet. At for the cost of hardware wallets on the secondhand market, leaving one around might not be the worst idea. If it goes missing you can check you real one to make sure it's safe. But at that point, you know your security has issues because someone got in and got to your hardware wallet. Even if it's not your real one. Someone out there can no longer be trusted. -Dave |
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If I had a dollar for every time someone was saying quantum computers were coming for your bitcoin I would have a lot of dollars.
If quantum computers can come in and hack bitcoin encryption. Then every other form of weaker encryption out there is also broken.
BTC is going to be the least of out problems. When banks, governments and everyone else running older applications / devices wake up and find out they have no security since it's been broken.
-Dave
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The surgery actually hurts a lot more then the hernias themselves.
My father had a hernia operation when I was a teenager and I remember him in a very bad mood after the surgery. He doesn't like to take medicine and wouldn't take what they gave him for the pain. Cheer up, DaveF, the pain will lessen. I'm at the 48 hour post surgery point now. Staying in 1 position, whatever it is, is fine. Going from sitting to standing, laying down to sitting. All that kind of stuff hurts. Walking is OK. They said Percocet every 4 hours or so. Trying to really not do that, it takes care of the pain, but makes me really feel off. Thanks for the good thoughts everyone. -Dave |
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I like the idea of Seedsigner, but you know that cost of purchasing and assembling it now is around $80, and for that money you can buy used old but still good Thinkpad laptop. That is if you managed to buy it anywhere, I looked all over the internet and Raspberry Pi Zero is mostly out of stock. Seedsigner is also loading and starting very slow... no wonder when it has linux os in that small device Sadly I think the $5 zero is not coming back soon. I see the W and the 2W at a lot of places but no longer the original zero. Could just be that a lot of retailers are looking at the small amount they can make on it and just not ordering. Not sure where you got the $80 price But is you can find it, the PI is $5 but lets say you get the $15 2W The GPIO pins are $2 The camera is $10 The LCD is $12 So $40 and it is good to go. But.... The case becomes the problem, If you can find an original zero you can get the 3D printed case from them for $35 or you can just print your own or find someone to print it for you for a lot less: https://github.com/SeedSigner/seedsigner/tree/main/enclosures/open_pill
Back to the coldcard, I think more and more we are seeing tons of things being added to HW wallets more for marketing and to justify price. Not saying it's good. Just that it is. -Dave |
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Yeah, I got 3 left and right inguinal and an umbilical.
Had one fixed yesterday once this heals start on the next one.
Mr. Ice Pack is my friend.
The surgery actually hurts a lot more then the hernias themselves.
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Yeah, the title kind of says it all.
Just wanted to complain about it and the pain.
Regular BTC & crypto posts to resume soon.
-Dave
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It's not just Coinbase / PayPal etc. It's many banks and financial institutions.
Usually a 10 to 14 day hold is long enough for fraud to be noticed if you compromised someones account and are taking money out of it.
Remember once you convert it to BTC / fiat whatever and move it, they cannot easily get it back.
If it's bank to bank (i.e. you made a payment to a credit card) the bank can claw it back from the receiver.
Once BTC is out of Coinbase and in your own wallet. It's yours, they can't get it back.
-Dave
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I am actually seeing the opposite. I am seeing a lot of discussions from people all over using this dip to cost average down. They even have the attitude that if it keeps dropping the will keep buying. Everyone sees what they want to see. If you think BTC will do well then you see this as a chance to acquire more if you think BTC will not succeed then you see this as justification that you are correct. I see this as yet another cycle of BTC going up, then dropping then going up even more and having the cycle repeat. Big big companies such as Intel: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5382058 are thinking that BTC is a good place to be in terms of hardware. And many financial institutions are also coming onboard with trading. So, no I don't see retail users out at all. -Dave |
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I know we discussed the battery life or lack of it in another thread. Did you ever trace down what might have been pulling all that power? I think that they are powering the camera when not in use due to what I saw on the power feed when I had one in pieces but I only had it for a few minutes to test before it had to be handed back. It was not mine and they were shipping it back so I could not be sure and did not want to really bring it up till someone else was testing one. I doubt it's easy to lower the price when it's still assembled in U.S which have high wage cost.
Slightly OT but wage cost on something like this should not be an issue. Even at $20 an hour + benefits it's a non issue. Sidehack designed and built a complete miner for $300 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5131245.0ColdCard is from Canada with higher and more expensive costs then the US in a lot of places and they have theirs for under $150. -Dave |
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...While there are many parts i don't understand....
I am with you there. I tried to get though all the links and documents and slides and such and I could not follow a lot of it 1. But, it really looks like there is going to be a long time between here and there. Not saying that it's a bad thing, just that for now I put this firmly in the category of vaporware. Will be interesting to see when and if it really comes into existence. -Dave 1 I have a bunch of other things going in IRL so it might be me. |
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